They Asked Quotes

128 They Asked quotes by 103 unique authors

Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell--Abraham Lincoln. They asked him… — Adlai E. Stevenson
When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didn’t know. "Oh, sure you know," the photographer said. "She wants," said Jay… — Sylvia Plath
They asked him for help rebuilding the farm, but e only shook his head with a pang of longing in his heart. I'm tracking your… — Christopher Paolini
Rachel: They asked me a lot of questions about you. I played dumb. Annabeth: Was it hard? — Rick Riordan
No sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner sighed but they asked one… — William Shakespeare
I'm calm," Rachel insisted. "Every time I'm around you, some monsters attack us. What's to be nervous about?" "Look," I said. "I'm sorry about the… — Rick Riordan
Because - oh shut up laughing, you two - because they've just been turned down by girls they asked to the ball! — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
After he made up his mind to spend the rest of the war in the hospital, Yossarian wrote letters to everyone he knew saying that… — Joseph Heller
[A] couple I had known - who were old friends - asked me what I was going to work on next. I told them I… — Tracy Hickman
Well," he said, "f’r example, if they ask where you’ve come from, you could say ‘Behind me,’and if they asked where you’re going, you’d say… — Neil Gaiman
When they asked some old Roman philosopher or other how he wanted to die, he said he would open his veins in a warm bath.… — Sylvia Plath
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked… — John Lennon
Fay had a spot of blood on the left side of her mouth and I took a wet cloth and wiped it off. Women were… — Charles Bukowski
A significant number of people believe tribal people still live and dress as they did 300 years ago. During my tenure as principal chief of… — Wilma Mankiller
If they asked how I died tell them: Still angry. — Richard K. Morgan
Once I saw Paris Hilton leaving a restaurant in Hollywood and the paparazzi cameras were all over her. It looked so unpleasant. It wasn't because… — Mindy Kaling
When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didn't know. — Sylvia Plath
Quite low down in the list is "How much am I going to be paid?"... my main feeling about money is that I don`t want… — Ian Mckellen
In the school I went to, they asked a kid to prove the law of gravity and he threw the teacher out of the window. — Rodney Dangerfield
There are too many false things in the world, and I don't want to be a part of them. If you say what you think,… — Johnny Bench
The disciples were absorbed in a discussion of Lao-Tzu's dictum: "Those who know, do not say; Those who say, do not know." When the master… — Anthony de Mello
I started playing violin in the 5th grade. They had a program in school where you could get out of class to go play instruments.… — J. Cole
This is me, a sinner on whom the Lord has turned his gaze. And this is what I said when they asked me if I… — Pope Francis
I started as a writer for magazines, and soon they asked me to illustrate my stories. I started from the bottom of the bottom. And… — Carine Roitfeld
I was in Vienna in August 1968 for a meeting of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, of which I was co-founder, and we… — Shirley Temple

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